The worst gaming GPU in your drawer might be your best home server upgrade
…Sign in to your XDA account If you've been lucky enough to go through a PC upgrade or two in the last few years, there's a good chance you have…
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I chose the wrong motherboard on my old PC, and it doomed every upgrade that followed
…The VRMs on my motherboard had a 4+2 phase design, which was just enough for my 6-core chip and maybe a slightly more powerful 8-core model. Upgrading to, say…
I thought I needed a GPU for local LLMs until I tried this lean model
…So, before you click buy on that hardware upgrade, try downsizing your model. After all, your current hardware is likely an AI powerhouse waiting for the right software to wake up. If…
I thought I needed a mesh Wi-Fi setup, but a single router solved all my problems
…I knew I was limiting myself to Wi-Fi 6 without the 6GHz band, but it didn't seem worth the extra cost for the upgraded Flint 3 model, which supports Wi…
Speculative decoding made my local LLM actually usable
…So you start upgrading. You try a larger model, switch to a higher precision quant, or jump to a different family entirely. The goal then becomes finding the smartest model that still…
RGB Mini-LED is the next TV upgrade that actually matters
…the tech giant reveals cheaper, more affordable models like the R95H and the R85H (the R95H starts at $3,200 for the 55-inch model , and the R85H costs $1,600 for…
Home Assistant's local LLM support outperforms Gemini for Home, and Google knows it
…The ambitious project of running a language model on your own hardware is now a weekend afternoon project. That has permeated smart home automation so swiftly that you can build a setup…
One bold move can transform your workspace, and this $70 laptop dock is proof
…However, it's easily one of the best upgrades for a laptop , especially if you're someone that's always working in the home or office. We highly recommend it, which is…
Why I switched to yet another 1440p gaming monitor instead of upgrading to 4K
…Sign in to your XDA account After using a 1440p 144Hz IPS display for around four years, I felt the itch to upgrade to something different. It's not that my monitor…
GPU prices went crazy, so I invested $600 in a more immersive upgrade instead
…The RTX 5080 that was available for under $1,000 soared to $1,500, and my GPU upgrade plans were shelved. However, I had already saved up for the upgrade, and decided…